Booker encounters Captain Cornelius Slate in the Hall of Heroes, speaking to him via intercom while looking for Shock Jockey, one of the game's Vigors. Slate knows Booker and claims to have fought alongside him in the Wounded Knee Massacre.

Slate does not trust Comstock, calling him a false Prophet and a liar, as Comstock claims to have also fought at Wounded Knee and the boxer rebellion. Comstock states how he was a true war hero to the citizens of Columbia, this of course enrages Slate which causes him to take over the Hall of Heroes and prevent any Founder's police to come.